Stowbtsy
| Stowbtsy Стоўбцы / Столбцы |
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| Coordinates: 53°29′N 26°44′E / 53.483°N 26.733°ECoordinates: 53°29′N 26°44′E / 53.483°N 26.733°E | |||
| Country | Belarus | ||
| Region | Minsk Region | ||
| Raion | Stowbtsy Raion | ||
| First mentioned | 1511 | ||
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| • Total | 15,400[1] | ||
Stowbtsy (Belarusian: Стоўбцы, Stoŭbcy, Belarusian pronunciation: [ˈstowpt͡sɨ]) or Stolbtsy (Russian: Столбцы; IPA: [stɐlpˈt͡sɨ]; Polish: Stołpce; Yiddish: Steibtz) is a town in Minsk Region, Belarus, the administrative center of the Stowbtsy Raion (district). It is located at the Neman River. The population is approximately 15,400.
History
It was founded in the first half of the 16th century. In 1582 Stowbtsy went into the ownership of the Radziwiłł family. For a long time it was a shtetl with significant Jewish population.
In August 1924, while Stowbtsy was part of the Second Polish Republic, the town was the site of a Soviet-Polish border incident in which a company of Soviet raiders attacked its police station and government building in order to free two imprisoned communist activists (see Soviet raid on Stołpce).[2]
Notes
- ^ Фотодесант высадился в Столбцах (Russian)
- ^ David R. Stone, "The August 1924 Raid on Stolptsy, Poland, and the Evolution of Soviet Active Intelligence, Intelligence and National Security, vol. 21, no. 3 (June 2006), pp. 331-341
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